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MWM: Ukrainian Commander warns – forces are facing ‘Catastrophe’ in Donbas

11:52 20.08.2025

MWM: Ukrainian Commander warns – forces are facing ‘Catastrophe’ in Donbas

Former chief of staff of the Ukrainian Army’s elite Azov Brigade (banned in Russia) Lieutenant Colonel Bogdan Krotevich has claimed that Ukrainain forces in the disputed Donbas regions are facing an increasingly catastrophic situation, with Russian units poised to achieve two major encirclements. “I honestly don’t know what exactly you …

WP: Saying ‘thank you’ to Trump is high on Zelensky, other leaders’ agendas

11:48 20.08.2025

WP: Saying ‘thank you’ to Trump is high on Zelensky, other leaders’ agendas

Zelensky joined European and NATO leaders to thank Trump — a lot — six months after the White House accused him of being ungrateful, ‘The Washington Post’ notes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made sure to thank President Donald Trump this time around — a lot. Zelensky thanked Trump for hosting …

NYT: Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky and European leaders

11:44 20.08.2025

NYT: Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky and European leaders

President Trump met with Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on Monday, in a cordial but inconclusive push to end war in Ukraine, ‘The New York Times’ informs. The leaders presented a relatively united front and appeared to agree on the next steps in the effort to halt …

FP: The next Israel-Iran War is coming

11:42 20.08.2025

FP: The next Israel-Iran War is coming

Israel is likely to launch another war with Iran before December — perhaps even as early as late August, ‘Foreign Policy’ predicts. Iran is expecting and preparing for the attack. It played the long game in the first war, pacing its missile attacks as it anticipated a protracted conflict. In …

Sergey Lavrov: “The Alaska summit demonstrated that the US administration is genuinely committed to a settlement not to rearm Ukraine for war (as occurred after the Minsk agreements), but to ensure this crisis never recurs – guaranteeing the lawful rights of all states in this region and the peoples inhabiting them”

19:36 19.08.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “The Alaska summit demonstrated that the US administration is genuinely committed to a settlement not to rearm Ukraine for war (as occurred after the Minsk agreements), but to ensure this crisis never recurs – guaranteeing the lawful rights of all states in this region and the peoples inhabiting them”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with VGTRK TV. Moscow, August 19, 2025 Question: What a pity you are not wearing the sweatshirt with a USSR logo on it. Sergey Lavrov: I think that this whole story has been blown out of proportion to make it look like a sensation of …

Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov following a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump

12:13 19.08.2025

Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov following a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump

August 19, 2025 01:00 Aide to the President Yury Ushakov: Colleagues, half an hour ago, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Donald Trump, at the US President’s initiative. The President of Russia expressed his heartfelt gratitude to his US counterpart for the hospitality and great organisation of the summit …

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: “We reiterate our long-standing position of unequivocally rejecting any scenarios involving the deployment of NATO military contingents in Ukraine”

12:12 19.08.2025

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: “We reiterate our long-standing position of unequivocally rejecting any scenarios involving the deployment of NATO military contingents in Ukraine”

Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on statements by British officials regarding the Ukrainian conflict: “Against the backdrop of the genuine commitment demonstrated by the leadership of Russia and the United States in Anchorage to achieve a comprehensive, just, and sustainable resolution to the conflict surrounding Ukraine – including …

Paul Craig Roberts: The Putin-Trump meeting – A good result came of it

12:11 19.08.2025

Paul Craig Roberts: The Putin-Trump meeting – A good result came of it

The Putin-Trump meeting. What do we make of it? A good result came of it, stresses Paul Craig Roberts, a well-known international observer, the assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic policy at the President Reagan administration. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it …

View from Washington: The Alaska summit result – push for a comprehensive settlement

12:10 19.08.2025

View from Washington: The Alaska summit result – push for a comprehensive settlement

If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire, stresses Stephen Bryen, a former U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Here is Mr. Trump's official statement: “A great …

Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

12:09 19.08.2025

Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city, CNN reports. West Virginia’s governor said his state was sending 300 to …

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